TIMES
SOUTHERN
ULSTER
Vol. 13, No 47
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HIGHLAND, MARLBOROUGH AND PLATTEKILL
Lloyd Environmental Conservation Council honors Donna Deeprose
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
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Holiday
showcase
Steward of the Land
Last
week,
Jack
Maguire,
Chairman of the Lloyd Environmental
Conservation Council [ECC], announced
that his board selected Donna Deeprose
for their Stewardship of the Land award
for 2016. Maguire said the ECC has
bestowed this honor for 22 years upon
“someone who has done outstanding
work to help conserve our natural
resources and promote interest in the
environment.”
Maguire said Deeprose has been a
valued member of the ECC, has helped
to create the Bob Shepard Highland
Landing Park, and been an advocate
for the Walkway Over the Hudson State
Park and the Hudson Valley Rail Trail.
“Few people in this community are
unaware of the breadth and depth of
Donna’s talents and commitment in
serving the community,” he said.
Maguire pointed out that Deeprose
has worked diligently to acquire grant
money for a boat launch and assisted
in doing a survey at a vernal pool while
he watched her sink up to her thighs
in mud.
“Whatever she does she does it with
determination, a professionalism,
intelligence, generosity, grace, humor
and diplomacy,” he said. “We in the ECC
are very proud to have worked with her
for many years and to have benefitted
from her energy and just her great
heart.”
Deeprose said she and her husband,
Raphael, moved to Highland in 2003.
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Jack Maguire, Chairman of the ECC, presented Donna Deeprose with the Stewardship of
the Land award for 2016 at last week’s Lloyd Town Board meeting.
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Lloyd passes
new tow law
By MARK REYNOLDS
[email protected]
After lengthy and at times
acrimonious discussions during the last
10 months, the Lloyd Town Board last
week passed a new tow law by a vote of
3-1 with Supervisor Paul Hansut voting
against the resolution and Councilman
Joe Mazzetti abstaining due to a familial
connection with one of the tow operators.
Throughout the process Mazzetti recused
himself when the tow law was being
discussed by the board. Subsequently,
comments were made that Mazzetti had
approached Police Chief Daniel Waage
on the side to offer input on the law,
which Waage stated did not happen.
The need for revising the law came to
the surface because of complaints made
by several tow operators that the tow
list was unfair and should be revised so
that each of the 10 operators on the list
received calls for service on an equal
basis.
Councilmen Mike Guerriero and
Kevin Brennie were charged with
developing the new code. Guerriero said
the new law is clearer and “there are
a lot of things specified here that if
you don’t do this, there is a penalty
[and] everything is spelled out. Its selfexplanatory compared to the previous
code and some of the other codes that we
looked at.”
Al Roberts, an attorney representing
tow operator Joseph DiBlanca, pointed
to several “fatal” deficients in the new
tow law and how it runs counter to
legal statutes. He said the Town Board
does not have “unfettered power to adopt
whatever laws you want,” stating that
towns are controlled by town and federal
laws. He said the new law limits the
tow list to towing companies who are
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